FAN ZHANG SOUND DESIGN
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A Kid Like Rishi (Critic's Pick)
The smart sound design is by Fan Zhang, who also composed the production’s tension-filled underscore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/theater/a-kid-like-rishi-review.html
The Far Country (Critic's Pick)
Fan Zhang’s rumbling sound design suggests layers below the surface.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/theater/the-far-country-review.html
Behind the Sheet (Critic's Pick)
Fan Zhang (sound) — matches the eloquent understatement of Ms. Simpson’s script. The production is punctuated by haunting silhouettes of women reaching out in pain and a sequence that presents them as anatomical specimens, gathered to be observed and analyzed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/theater/behind-the-sheet-review.html
At the Wedding(Critic's Pick)
The eclectic playlist (sound by Fan Zhang) is exactly the kind you’d want to dance to
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/theater/at-the-wedding-review.html
Scissoring(Critic's Pick)
Thus the psychic turmoil and resultant visions, a few of which — including the retired Pope Benedict XVI — are embodied by the excellent Ryan Vincent Anderson (impressively abetted by Heather McDevitt Barton’s costumes and Fan Zhang’s sound design).
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/theater/review-scissoring-ghosts-of-a-closeted-past.html
Paris
Fan Zhang’s sound, has this cinematic precision
https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/scary-stuff-paris-and-the-woman-in-black.html
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
Fan Zhang's sound design and original music is ideal
The Far Country
Fan Zhang's sound design and music in particular infuses the scene with an appropriately tentative, disquieting feel.. appropriate in bringing to life a world in which people are forced to adopt a transactional mindset in order to achieve a larger goal
https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/review-the-far-country-lloyd-suh_94649.html
At the Wedding
Fan Zhang's sound simulate an evening in which large segments are lost in a haze of blackout inebriation
https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/review-at-the-wedding-bryna-turner-lct3_93524.html
The Trail of the Catonsville Nine
Sound designer Fan Zhang gives us a couple of minutes to contemplate that question. After a particularly dramatic confrontation between the prosecutor and defendant George Mische, Huynh places a record …..The moment comes as blessed relief.
Molly Sweeney
‘It's hard to leave Molly Sweeney without wondering how much would be gained by seeing the play again with eyes closed
https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/molly-sweeney-keen-company_90060.html
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
Fan Zhang's sound design add to the scene's spooky atmosphere
https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/behind-the-sheet-review_87543.html
Behind the Sheet
sound design by Fan Zhang that literally vibrates the theater
Sanctuary City
Fan Zhang provides suitably ominous incidental music in addition to sirens, gunshots, and, before the show, cuts from the Chinese indie rock band Schoolgirl Byebye.
http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-7S22CL
Snow in Midsummer
sound designer Fan Zhang’s bass-heavy scene transitions and nimble performances
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/10/28/sanctuary-city-arena-stage-review/
Molly Sweeney
Fan Zhang’s sound design in on target.
http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-MB38LM"
Suicide Forest
“Fan Zhang's original music and sound design is especially helpful
http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=-B5ISB8
Molly Sweeney
A simple evocative design suggests the locale, natural sounds of the region (sound by Fan Zhang), times of day ,and distinctive personalities and status of the characters, while allowing Friel’s words, in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2019/11/01/keen-company-brings-profound-empathy-and-true-vision-to-molly-sweeney-at-theatre-row/
Far Country
sound by Fan Zhang that signal the shifts in date and locale, and removal from everyday reality
Sanctuary City
Sound Designer Fan Zhang punctuates changing circumstances, forming an effective bridge between scenes performed without intermission.
Molly Sweeney
Fan Zhang’s sound design play key roles in helping involve the audience in the tale. https://www.theepochtimes.com/theater-review-molly-sweeney_3129013.html?welcomeuser=1
The Trail of Catonsville Nine
Thanks to riveting sound design by Fan Zhang, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine is much more than a nostalgic look back
http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2019/T/thetrialofthecatonsvillenine.php
Paris
Other design elements are just as delightfully jarring: lighting designer Oona Curley snaps lights on and off, contrasting with the low-level melancholy of Fan Zhang’s Christmas song-tinged sound design “http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/2020/P/paris.php
GEEKS
Fan Zhang uses the sound design to bring us back to the war. The helicopters overhead, the music is somewhere between Apocalypse Now and Platoon. Both set the mood for this play that is very deep and dark.
https://vocal.media/geeks/the-trial-of-the-catonsville-nine
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
Fan Zhang's sound design and original music have an otherworldly quality
A Kid Like Rishi
Fan Zhang’s brilliant sound design and touches of music added aural dimensions to the words
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/a-kid-like-rishi/joel-benjamin/
Dear Dead Drug Lord
Fan Zhang’s sound are not afraid to enter the eerie and supernatural when the girls are fooling around with the Ouija board.
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/our-dear-dead-drug-lord/victor-gluck/
Molly Sweeney
Musical snippets and ambient tones are rendered by Fan Zhang’s subtly integral sound design.
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/molly-sweeney/archive/
Behind the Sheet
Sound designer Fan Zhang uses extreme volume at one point to rattle the entire stage (and perhaps the entire building) with thumping bass-clef notes.
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/behind-the-sheet/archive/
Scissoring
Sound designer Fan Zhang achieves a bracing aural environment with musical selections and effects that enhance the presentation
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/scissoring/archive/
Mecca Tales
This vision is ably assisted by Fan Zhang's sensitive sound design,
The Trail of Catonsville Nine
Fan Zhang’s brilliant sound score includes a considerable dose of original and period music
https://thebroadwayblog.com/trial-catonsville-nine-review/
Sanctuary City
Sound designer Fan Zhang create the allusion of passing time through flickering red lights, dramatic sound effects and repeated dialogue ala Groundhog Day. B and G are rehearsing a prepared relationship, going over small details they may be quizzed on
The Great Leap
a shout-out to sound designer Fan Zhang, whose work adds an immersive quality to the show.